A Summary View of America: Comprising a Description of the Face of the Country, and of Several of the Principal Cities; and Remarks on the Social, Moral and Political Character of the People: Being the Result of Observations and Enquiries During a Journey in the United StatesT. Cadell, 1824 - 503 pages |
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... whole wilderness was likely in a few years to give place to corn and pasture ? It was animating to reflect that a numerous population will be here settled , and that that land where the roaming savage pursued his prey , never advancing ...
... whole wilderness was likely in a few years to give place to corn and pasture ? It was animating to reflect that a numerous population will be here settled , and that that land where the roaming savage pursued his prey , never advancing ...
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... , then directs his eyes to the gulf below , and the prodigious rocks around , will find in the whole a truly majestic scene . Taken separately the parts are beautiful , A combined almost awful . To add to the general 6 FACE OF THE COUNTRY .
... , then directs his eyes to the gulf below , and the prodigious rocks around , will find in the whole a truly majestic scene . Taken separately the parts are beautiful , A combined almost awful . To add to the general 6 FACE OF THE COUNTRY .
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... whole , though I think it rather detracts from the sublimity . In some situations it ap- pears with its outer circle to the earth , an ap- pearance very striking to those who have never witnessed the like . Goat Island which is in the ...
... whole , though I think it rather detracts from the sublimity . In some situations it ap- pears with its outer circle to the earth , an ap- pearance very striking to those who have never witnessed the like . Goat Island which is in the ...
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... whole day in traversing the mountain , tasting nothing and seeing no fellow being . I had yet six miles to walk to reach a house of shelter for the night , and pushing for- ward with vigour , I had not long to walk in the dark ...
... whole day in traversing the mountain , tasting nothing and seeing no fellow being . I had yet six miles to walk to reach a house of shelter for the night , and pushing for- ward with vigour , I had not long to walk in the dark ...
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... whole it And on the whole it may be said , that if art has done comparatively little in im- proving nature , nature in many instances is on a scale so large as to need scarcely any of her assistance . I ought not here to omit mentioning ...
... whole it And on the whole it may be said , that if art has done comparatively little in im- proving nature , nature in many instances is on a scale so large as to need scarcely any of her assistance . I ought not here to omit mentioning ...
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